Globosat

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Globosat

Company type	Subsidiary of Grupo Globo
Industry	Entertainment Cable Television Interactive Media
Founded	10 November 1991 (as Globosat) September 30th, 2020 (as Canais Globo)
Founder	Joseph Wallach Roberto Irineu Marinho José Bonifácio Sobrinho
Defunct	December 31st, 2019 and September 30th, 2020 (corporate name and brand)
Fate	Absorbed and incorporated into other Grupo Globo subsidiaries in January 2020 Assets dispersed to Globo Comunicação e Participações S.A. (doing business as Globo) on September 30th, 2020
Successor	Canais Globo (incorporated into Globo) Globo (programmer) Claro NET (distributor)
Headquarters	Rio de Janeiro , Brazil
Area served	Brazil
Key people	Alberto Pecegueiro (CEO)
Number of employees	1,480
Parent	Grupo Globo
Divisions	Globo News Telecine GNT Multishow Canal Viva SporTV Megapix Modo Viagem Gloob Gloobinho
Website	canaisglobosat.globo.com

Headquarters of Globosat in Rio de Janeiro.

Globosat, was a Brazilian pay television content service, part of Grupo Globo. Established in 1991, after the creation of subscription television services in Brazil, with 29 channels and over 1,000 employees, it is the largest pay television content provider in Brazil, as well as of Latin America, comprising a domestic audience of 45 million viewers distributed among more than 15 million households.

History

In 1993, Globosat split its content generation and distribution businesses. Cable TV sales and distribution were assigned to Net Brasil, which was also responsible for installing cable networks in selected cities. Nowadays NET is responsible for the cable network in those cities. Content production and programming remained with Globosat, renamed to Canais Globosat.

It has also operated a channel in Portugal, TV Globo Portugal, having earlier operated a similar channel, GNT Portugal, until 2006.

On September 15, 2020, Globosat merged its operations with Rede Globo, following Grupo Globo's "Uma só Globo" ("One Globo") restructuring; the merger made Globosat being renamed that day to Canais Globo.

Canais Globo's networks

Current networks

• TV Globo (free-to-air)
  • Globo HD
• Modo Viagem
• Canal Brasil²
• GNT
• Gloob
• Gloobinho
• Multishow
• Bis
• Canal OFF

Streaming

• Globoplay
• Canais Globo app (formerly known as MUU and Globosat Play, will defunct soon)
• Combate app
• Premiere app
• Sexy Hot

Adult content

• Playboy TV
• Sextreme
• Sexy Hot
• Venus

In association with Globo

• Canal Viva
• Globo News
• Globo Internacional
• Canal Futura*

*Operated by Fundação Roberto Marinho.

Films and Series

• Rede Telecine
  • Telecine HD
  • Telecine Action
  • Telecine Cult
  • Telecine Fun
  • Telecine Pipoca
  • Telecine Premium
  • Telecine Touch
• Megapix
• NBCUniversal International Networks Brasil (joint-venture with Comcast/NBCUniversal)
  • Universal TV
  • Studio Universal
  • Syfy

Sports

• SporTV
• SporTV 2
• SporTV 3
• SporTV 4
• SporTV 5
• SporTV+
• Combate
• Premiere
• PFC Internacional

¹ - Joint-venture with Disney, Universal Studios, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and Paramount Pictures.

² - Joint-venture with a group of Brazilian filmmakers.

³ - Playboy do Brasil is a joint-venture created from the association between Globosat and Playboy TV Latin America.

Former networks

• Shoptime (currently owned by Americanas) - home shopping
• Premiere Filmes (pay-per-view) new film releases
• Canal Rural (formerly a joint-venture with Grupo RBS, later owned only by RBS, now part of J&F Investimentos) - agrochannel
• Premiere Rural (pay-per-view) rodeos and agrochannel
• Private (joint-venture with Playboy do Brasil) - adult content
• ForMan (joint-venture with Playboy do Brasil) - adult content
• +Bis (on demand)
• Telecine Zone (on demand)
• Receitas GNT (on demand)
• Sexy Hot 360° (on demand)
• Big Brother Brasil Play
• Bis Play
• Canal Brasil Play
• Canal OFF Play
• Globo News Play
• Gloob Play
• Gloobinho Play
• GNT Play
• Mais Globosat Play
• Megapix Play
• Multishow Play
• SporTV Play
• Studio Universal Play
• Syfy Play
• Universal TV Play
• Viva Play
• Philos TV
• Telecine app

External links

• Official website (in Portuguese)